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Cuny vs Luny - What's the difference?

cuny | luny |

As a noun cuny

is an ordinary seaman.

As an adjective luny is

crazy; mentally unsound.

cuny

English

Noun

(cunies)
  • (nautical) An ordinary seaman.
  • * "....I early found my way to ships to become a sea-cuny."

    • References

    * The Star Rover Jack London, 1915

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    luny

    English

    Alternative forms

    * loony (now more common)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) crazy; mentally unsound
    • (Webster 1913)